On September 15th, the YouTube channel “Jin-gyeok’s Lawyer” covered topics related to NewJeans’ emergency live broadcast, Min Hee-jin’s request for an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting, and the provisional disposition regarding the appointment of directors. During the broadcast, the lawyer introduced a comment left on his previous video.
In that comment, a user, Mr. A, said, “It seems like HYBE is at greater risk by keeping an ungrateful person around. Anyway, in a multi-label company, NewJeans is just a popular product, so they should cut off the traitor and root out anyone who supports them.“
In response, the lawyer read out his own reply to the comment for his subscribers: “But I have doubts about whether HYBE can grow into a great company with the mindset of treating artists as just popular products.“
He added, “What I consider common sense is actually the opposite of what many others believe. Many people think it is natural that HYBE artists are just popular products and that anyone siding with a ‘traitor’ should be completely removed.“
In the video, the lawyer also predicted that NewJeans’ emergency live broadcast could have an impact in court. He explained, “NewJeans stands to lose more than they gain by publicly criticizing HYBE, but the fact that they acted this way shows their sincerity, which could carry weight in court.“
Previously, on September 11th, NewJeans members held a live broadcast on YouTube. During the broadcast, they exposed that they were being ostracized by HYBE and issued an ultimatum to the company, demanding that former ADOR CEO Min Hee Jin be reinstated by the 25th.
Gaining strength from NewJeans’ public support, Min Hee-jin filed a petition with the Seoul Central District Court on September 13th for an “injunction to convene an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting and reappoint her as an internal director of ADOR.”